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The Streatham War Memorial
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McDonald and licensed for reuse under this Creative
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The War Memorial for Streatham (Streatham Common) is located in a memorial garden situated between the A214 and Streatham High Road (A23), opposite Streatham Common itself. See map below.
The memorial is a sculpture of a rifleman with a rifle reversed, standing on a pedestal. No names are shown on the memorial. The names commemorated were originally on a Roll of Honour, which has been lost. However, a copy of the text, and the names, on this Roll of Honour are in the possession of the Streatham Society. Of the names commemorated, one is that of a soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment.
Private William Morris Lewis. 203041. 4th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 18418 E Surrey Rgt. Son of Mrs. E. Lewis, of
I, Thrale Rd., Streatham, London. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 22.
Enlisted Wandsworth, Resided Streatham.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
The Streatham War Memorial
Photo : The
Victorian Web
Location of the Streatham War Memorial
Imperial
War Museum War Memorial website
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